CVE-2018-6462 (GCVE-0-2018-6462)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-01-31 18:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 06:01
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Summary
Tracker PDF-XChange Viewer and Viewer AX SDK before 2.5.322.8 mishandle conversion from YCC to RGB colour spaces by calculating on the basis of 1 bpc instead of 8 bpc, which might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF document.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2018-01-31 00:00
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